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U.N. seeks Shs23.4 billion in aid for drought-hit Zimbabwe

Zimbabweans queue outside a Western Union branch in Harare, Zimbabwe, February 26, 2019. REUTERS

The United Nations on Thursday launched an international appeal for aid for Zimbabwe following a drought that it expects to affect around a third of the population as crop yields plummet.

Seasonal rains have been patchy at best, hitting the harvest of the staple maize crop and deepening an economic crisis marked by an acute dollar crunch that has already led to shortages of medicines, fuel and food.

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